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Meanings of behoof in English

The advantageous quality of being beneficial.

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Examples for "profit"
Examples for "profit"
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Asked if net profit would fall this fiscal year, he said: Obviously.
Reuters
2
A Europe where public services such as education are plundered for profit.
The Irish Times
3
Deutsche Telekom said today its net profit grew nearly six-fold last year.
The Irish Times
4
Extra profit from two companies selling each others' products often proves elusive.
Reuters
5
A year ago, GTC booked a net profit of 8 million euros.
Reuters
1
That could lead to weight gain and related health problems, he added.
Reuters
2
They were trying to gain entrance by any means necessary, including violence.
Class of 88
3
However, Mr Salmond said Scots had everything to gain by voting yes.
BBC
4
And there two good reasons to think Ericsson may gain market share.
Reuters
5
Proportional representation would allow new parties to gain seats and share power.
The Guardian
1
Unable to work owing to long-term health problems, Ryder receives incapacity benefit.
The Guardian
2
Often times African American students aren't given the benefit of the doubt.
Ebony
3
That said: you'll certainly benefit from some calmer company in either case!
The South African
4
Various government departments benefit from GCIS media engagement services, the Minister said.
The South African
5
However, the survey of daily use reveals benefit only in certain circumstances.
Pubmed
Usage of behoof in English
1
Once there, let each dig for his own behoof, and enrich himself.
Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh
2
The man of affairs works for the behoof and the use of poetry.
Sidney Lanier
3
There hath been a special interposition o' Providence in our behoof.
The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 1
4
Some score of glebe-bound peasants cultivated the large estate for their lord's behoof.
Veranilda
5
At Croton, Pythagoras enjoyed his moment's triumph, ruling men to their own behoof.
By the Ionian Sea: Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy
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If sages were ever wise in their own behoof, I might have foreseen all this.
The Scarlet Letter
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But that state transacted business on a hardly less grand scale on its own behoof.
The History of Rome, Book V / The Establishment of the Military ...
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But be it known to you that that last sarcasm was especially for my own behoof.
The Eclipse of Faith; Or, A Visit to a Religious Sceptic
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But this proved impracticable; the placard must remain where it stood for the behoof of other invalids.
The Wrong Twin
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If ye believe in Him Whom God shall make manifest, to your own behoof do ye believe.
Selections From the Writings of the Báb
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For its behoof are all his acts.
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
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We sanction amusements that give relief to misery-andthe wealthy may waltz unblamed for behoof of the poor.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
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And on the highways he had trees put down and wells dug for the behoof of men and beasts.
The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur
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And to recite the Koran: and whoever is rightly guided, assuredly will be rightly guided to his own behoof.
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
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If ye believe, to your own behoof will ye believe; and if ye believe not, ye yourselves will suffer.
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
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Their magic for the behoof of edible objects is attributed to the suddenness of their first rains,[IBID.
The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia
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